Ballville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
For jobs and income Ballville is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (C−). There are 411 jobs in Ballville for 1,785 working residents. 6% of workers have no commute at all, against 13% across Ohio.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Ballville apart on work
Ballville and Fremont trade workers both ways
Fremont is the top workplace for Ballville residents (29%) and also where the most people who work in Ballville come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Ballville is a place people come home to
There are 411 jobs based in Ballville, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Ballville has about 2,600 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Ballville’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Ballville’s grade up (5.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ballville could be anywhere from C+ to A.
29% of working residents work in Fremont
Where Ballville clocks in
29% of workers
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The daily commute in and out of Ballville
On a workday 1,736 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 362 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Ballville on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ballville, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 411. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ballville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 20 minutes each way, quicker than most of Ohio
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ballville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,738 commuters (the 6% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Near or far: the trip to work from Ballville
About 21% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Few in Ballville walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,857 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Ballville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Ballville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,300, Ballville ranks 1,600th of 4,084 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | South Russell OH | 3,913 | $172K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 61 | Beechwood Trails OH | 3,133 | $111K | 1.9% | 0.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 82 | Guilford Township OH | 3,158 | $112K | 0.5% | 1.0% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,598 | Roselawn IN | 3,417 | $76K | 7.0% | 2.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,599 | La Cienega NM | 3,543 | $85K | 10.0% | 1.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,600 | Ballville OH | 3,929 | $85K | 5.0% | 5.5% | 3% | B |
| 1,601 | Lebanon IL | 4,884 | $89K | 14.8% | 2.0% | 8% | B |
| 1,602 | Lytle TX | 3,626 | $71K | 8.8% | 4.1% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,084 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ballville, the top three, the last and three more from Ohio.
Work next door: 29% of Ballville’s workers
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Fremont. Darker towns draw more of Ballville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ballville: questions
What is the median household income in Ballville?
$84,896 (±$11,401) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ballville?
5.0%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ballville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ballville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fremont (29%, 3 mi), Clyde (7%, 9 mi), Toledo (5%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ballville walkable?
Ballville is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ballville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ballville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ballville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.